osculation — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. The action of kissing.

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2. A kiss.

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   The Major she held to be a sort of Bayard among Majors: and as for her son Arthur she worshipped that youth with an ardour which the young scapegrace accepted almost as coolly as the statue of the Saint in Saint Peter’s receives the rapturous osculations which the faithful deliver on his toe.

3. A close contact.

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4. A contact between curves or surfaces, at which point they have a common tangent.

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5. The determination of whether a number is divisible by another by means of certain operations on its digits.

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Substantiv

1. (mathematics) a contact of two curves (or two surfaces) at which they have a common tangent

   Oberbegriffe

   contact

2. the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)

   Synonyme

   kissbuss

   Oberbegriffe

   touchtouching